Monday, 23 March 2015

Evaluation - Question 1 - Claire



1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
I researched into the opening of the thriller Killbill. They inspired me to do a lot of the editing and mise en scene elements the way we did. Just like our opening there isn’t a lot of information on the narrative like Killbill. You are left in suspense with both, creating enigma.
The use of mise en scene in Kilbill is very interesting. It’s in black and white, and has a clear light projection area, he face is half fully lit and the other side is darker but you can still see it.  The use of facial expressions from the woman are incredible, you can see fear in her face, the use of props with the fake blood on her creates enigma and builds a lot of tension alongside the diegetic sound bridge of someone walking towards her. This shows her lack of power and her vulnerability.

We showed the lack of power in ours by Nicki’s body language and facial expressions. The lighting contrast between her and the therapist is a lot, where the therapist is surrounded by bright lighting, Nicki’s lighting is more dull and dark, reflecting their moods. The use of props is a chair which also  helps create the weakness of Nicki because of it being so big in contrast to her it makes her look small and vulnerable. We have a diegetic dialogue sequence but tension building pauses between the characters speech. 


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